Flying Dutchman ( FD ) is one of the fastest 20-foot high-speed racing sailing dinghies . The crew is two people.
| Flying Dutchman | |
|---|---|
 Class emblem  Class emblem | |
| Characteristics | |
| Crew | 2 pax |
| Type of | monotype |
| Design | Fiberglass Veneer |
| Rigging | Bermuda sloop |
| Keel | Daggerboard |
| Trapezoid | One |
| Longest | 6.07 m |
| Waterline length | 5.5 m |
| Draft | 1.066 m |
| Displacement | 165 kg |
| Body width | 1.78 m |
| D-PN | 80.1 |
| RYA PN | 879 |
| PHRF | 150.6 |
| Sail area | |
| including grotto | 10.2 m² |
| including Foka ( Genoa ) | 8.4 m² |
| including mainsail and fock | 18.6 m² |
| including spinnaker | 21 m² |
| including staysail | 8.4 m² |
| Story | |
| Year of appearance | 1951 |
| Developer | Uus van essen Conrad gülcher |
| Former Olympic Class | |
Content
History
The preliminary FD project was developed in 1951 by Uus Van Essen ( Netherlands. Uus Van Essen ) by order of Conrad Gulcher (Conrad Gülcher) on the basis of a tornado class dinghy.
The name Flying Dutchman was proposed by Peter Scott, president of the International Sailing Federation .
After testing, in 1952 the class was approved "only for continental lakes", in 1953 this restriction was removed.
Thanks to the activities of Conrad Gulcher and a well-structured organization, the class gained great international popularity.
In 1957, FD was chosen to replace the Charpy class at the 1960 Olympics in Naples . Since 1992, FD has been expelled from the Olympic program (replaced by the Laser class).
After some decline in popularity, there are now signs of a resurgence of interest in the class. Since 2008, the class has been included in the competition program of the Games of Honored Olympic Classes ( Eng. Vintage Yachting Games ).
Class Value
Based on the FD, many important innovations have been introduced into sailing:
- Used trapezoid.
- Used drum to quickly spin the staysail .
- Tray for quick setting and cleaning of the spinnaker .
- Spinnaker boom accelerators were used.
- Composite constructions are applied.
Flying Dutchman in the USSR and Russia
In the USSR, the development of the class began in 1958. The class pioneers in the USSR were Alexander Shelkovnikov , R. Novoderezhkin, A. Konovalov and others.
In the USSR, the number of FD class yachts was small. In order to save money for the mass training of yachtsmen, an LH class was developed - unlicensed copies of FD. After the exclusion of FD from the Olympics program, both classes rapidly lost popularity. In recent years, the class began to develop again in Moscow and Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Territory).
International Class
- Vladimir Leontiev and Valery Zubanov are the owners of the Flying Dutchman World Cup (1977), eleven-time USSR Champions, and participants in three Olympics [1] .
- Sergey Borodinov and Victor Budantsev - silver medalists of the (1987)
- Sergey Borodinov and Vladislav Akimenko - bronze medalists of the World Cup in Cagliari (1983)
- George Shaiduko - Victor Budantsev - European Champions (1990) [2]
Notes
- ↑ Vladimir Leontiev . The yacht world online. Date of treatment October 17, 2016. Archived October 17, 2016.
- ↑ Congratulations to Vladislav Ivanovich Akimenko on his 60th birthday! . WFPS (March 05, 2013). Date of treatment October 18, 2016. Archived October 19, 2016.